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World radio day 2012: tuning into a decade of mass medium Europe
As the first unesco-organised ‘world radio day’ takes place on 13 February, we trawl through our archives to see which radio-related news marked the EU on our citizen media pages over the last ten years. When Poland and Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, two quite different radio programmes defined their societies: the haughty ‘Radio Maryja’ being a catholic radio programme supporting right-wing ideology in Poland, whilst the happy-go-lucky ‘Radio May’ was a successful bilingual Greek-Turkish Cypriot station. To this day, radio has continued to make political airwaves in Serbia, Hungary and Kosovo. Radio also marks an evolving cultural trend: by 2007 we were listening to pan-European online radio programmes, which led a year later to a music revolution. Read the special edition (Image: (cc) u2canreed/ Flickr)
Pure player
Two English words swim around a country where anglicisms have managed to stay out of fashion. An era of internet business models is turning that counter-trend around, focussed mainly on the French and American e-media landscapes. Backgammon and ladies men have nothing to do with it (anymore). Phrase of the week
european media, tower of babel, europe, internet, media, language
Viktor Orban: who's been a naughty boy at the European parliament?
A fierce dispute broke out between Hungarian prime minister and EU parliamentarians during Orbán's speech marking his country's EU Council presidency. The MEPs were above all critical of Hungary's new media law. While Orbán's reaction cast his country in a dim light, the criticism went too far and was implausible, write Hungarian, German and Slovakian commentators
european media, freedom of opinion, viktor orbán, hungary, euweek, media, european parliament
What does terrorism mean in Europe anyway
On 18 October EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove warned about governments crying wolf during recent threats of a new terrorist alert. The last time the EU continent was attacked was during the London bombings of 2005. The term ‘terrorism’ has taken on various meanings
european media, religion, europe, war, media, islamic terrorism, society
Europeans terrorised by unemployment, not by terrorism on TV
Particularly in Italy, European television is obsessed with crime and terrorism,but the economic situation and the employment crisis are our real concerns. A recent report on the 'fears of Europeans' seeks to explain why
european media, italy, europe, media, society, terrorism, politics
Join the family business in Crete
According to a study conducted by Philomila Tsoukala, a lecturer at Georgetown University, 75% of Greek companies are family-owned, and even then, youths start earning a living between the ages of 30-35. What's going on?
european media, eucrisis on the ground, greece, youth, media, financial crisis, society
Five ways to make a tabloid out of France Soir (à la 'The Sun')
In 2009, British photographer Jason Fraser, inspired by The Sun, helped revitalise a 'grand old lady (which) has been allowed to slide'. Add a 25-year-old Russian owner with business model aspirations of turning substance into trash and a fired editor, and one of France's national instutions has a problem
Birgitta Jonsdottir, Iceland's woman politician blogger
The politician, blogger and Wikileaks ‘friend’ from Reykjavik, 43, proposed a law which aims to convert the island into a model of digital transparency and safe haven for journalists; it was passed in June. Interview with a mother-of-one who is ‘everything but your traditional politician’
european media, democratisation, reykjavík, civil society, iceland, e-government, internet
Corruption, crime and journalism in Europe
Political corruption in Europe is the drama of the season. Confronted by media revelations, the governments of Old Europe are criticising, even muzzling the media space whose influence they fear. Not all countries react in the same way: in Great Britain, Germany and Poland, media investigations pressure governments to fire people. In France and Italy, the news isn’t causing a stir at all
european media, italy, information, corruption, germany, poland, media
Six tips: tweet like Lady Gaga
Do you have your iphone 4 at the ready? Of course you do! Would you like to boost your virtual profile? Use Twitter! Any way you like. Here is some advice taken from the most followed Twitter profiles in Europe: from Lady Gaga to 10 Downing Street
european media, celebrity, lily allen, lady gaga, media, society, twitter
Berlusconi's Italy: elections soon?
Italian junior justice minister Giacomo Caliendo, a suspect in a criminal inquiry, narrowly avoided an opposition motion in the lower house of the Italian parliament calling for him to be sacked. Had it gone through, the government could have fallen. The political pressure is rising, though the Irish, Slovenian and Italian press say new elections are unlikely
european media, italy, eurotopics, euweek, european press, silvio berlusconi, press review
Summer of riots: French of 'foreign origin' to lose citizenship, president warns
'French nationality should be stripped from anybody who has threatened the life of a police officer or anybody involved in public policing,' announced Nicolas Sarkozy on 30 July. A Frenchman looks at how the European media react
european media, racism, illegal immigrants, europe, media, human rights, xenophobia
Athens in video: German cliches on the Greeks
A Berlin-based Italian video journalist heads to the Greek capital to film social reality under the stranglehold of the crisis. A series of opinions range from Germano-Greek tensions to the weakness of the Greek state, as well as ideas for future solutions. Watch the ten-minute video in two parts (in English with French subtitles)
european media, eucrisis on the ground, germany, greece, europe, media, financial crisis
Internet platform Wikileaks divides EU media
On 25 July, the Sweden-based organisation co-operated with three major media sources to publish secret reports about the war in Afghanistan. The Austrian, British, Swiss and Estonian press disagree on this new transparency
european media, afghanistan, war, internet, julian assange, media, wikileaks
Arno Jullien: 'erasmus should be obligatory to compare simple things in life'
He collaborated with Yann-Arthus Bertrand on '6 Billion Others', and he's back with Europalive. The 52-minute film from his travels in 24 EU countries over two months gives 'Europe a human face'. With no financial support, the 32-year-old from Cannes filmed the homeless to company execs to immerse himself in their perceptions, loves and hates
european media, documentary, cinema, europe, european union, travel, society
Greek, Romanian, Albanian: why are these racist terms in Europe?
It's a fine line between risky jokes and racist innuendo. Those who manage to be funny while staying on the right side of that line are pretty smart. Nevertheless, at a time when calls to reject that protean scapegoat, the Other, are growing throughout the four corners of the continent, a little self-examination in Europe might not be a bad thing
european media, european identity, italy, identity, tower of babel, racism, greece
EU: pressing for press freedom
3 May marked the twentieth world press freedom day. In France, the foreign affairs ministry has been clamouring after the release of France 3 journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, who have been held hostage in Afghanistan for over four months. In 2010, 3 May is themed around the freedom of information - the UK elections of 6 May alone showed how many MPs were punished by losing their seats, after the 'expenses scandal' allowed normal citizens to see how power was being abused. Further east, it's a trickier story, with reporters barely able to work in former soviet republic conditions; in Croatia for example, crime and corruption are hard realities, cliche as it sounds. Today, Italy and France have been painted as the black sheep of the newrooms
Catherine Ashton, Ashford or Ashley?
Never mind that she went to earthquake-stricken Haiti six weeks late, or that she missed a ministerial conference, or that she's not David Miliband, or that she can't speak French. Let's begin with the fact that some struggle to remember even the name of the first ever EU foreign policy chief. Maybe it's the title 'baroness' which throws everyone
european media, jean quatremer, europe, development, diplomacy, media, united kingdom
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